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Prof Felipe Gusmao
Environmental Scientist & Philosopher | Metalhead Father | Professor of Conservation at UNIFESP | Suspended from Twitter for defending Animal Rights | also @[email protected]
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On breaking philosophy out of the seminar and back into the world | Aeon Essaysaeon.co I was searching for meaning and purpose so I became an academic philosopher. Reader, you might guess what happened next
To save spotted owls, US officials plan to kill hundreds of thousands of another owl species | CNNwww.cnn.com To save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West Coast forests to kill almost a half-mil...
Australian ‘wage theft’ underpayments ‘nearing A$400 million’www.timeshighereducation.com Union demands parliamentary inquiry as instances continue to emerge
Indigenous people in the Amazon are helping to build bridges & save primatesnews.mongabay.com “Weri, stop right here! We need a bridge here. See that fruit on that tree? mekys love it. When they see that fruit, they often cross the road. … Weri, stop right here again! Lots of kixiris are being...
The Oldest Ecosystems on Earthnautil.us What they teach us about resilience.
The day the AI dream diediai.tv <p><em>AI's promise was to solve problems, not only of the day but all future obstacles as well. Yet the hype has started to wear off. Amidst the growing disillusionment, Nolen Gertz challenges the pr...
'Uninsurable' homes a real risk due to revamped flood modelling across the nation, experts warnwww.abc.net.au A new report finds that by 2030, more than 3 million Australian homes could have exposure to some level of riverine flooding and it could leave home owners in precarious financial positions.
EVs Could Last Nearly Forever—If Car Companies Let Themwww.theatlantic.com An electric car capable of running for 1 million miles is within reach.
The philosophy of the death penaltynewhumanist.org.uk The majority of British people are in favour of the death penalty in extreme cases. But its use would fundamentally alter our society
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safewww.propublica.org Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...
Climate concepts for supporting political goals of mitigation and adaptation: The case for “climate crisis”wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com Figure illustrating the benefits (upwards arrows) or deficits (downwards arrows) for using different climate concepts (grey sectors) to formulate and pursue mitigation and adaptation goals.
Earth at risk: An urgent call to end the age of destruction and forge a just and sustainable futureacademic.oup.com Abstract. Human development has ushered in an era of converging crises: climate change, ecological destruction, disease, pollution, and socioeconomic inequ
A new ruling says countries – including NZ – must take action on climate change under the law of the seatheconversation.com Any decision to authorise offshore drilling and other activities contributing to climate change will now need to be assessed under the law of the sea in addition to international climate agreements.
How Soviet communist philosophy shaped postwar quantum theory | Aeon Essaysaeon.co When quantum mechanics posed a threat to the Marxist doctrine of materialism, communist physicists sought to reconcile the two
Bdelloid rotifer survives 24,000 years frozen in Siberiawww.bbc.com The bdelloid rotifer, frozen under permafrost, may be able survive indefinitely, research suggests.
On the planet's most remote continent, a deadly virus is leaving a 'trail of destruction' that has scientists on edgewww.abc.net.au A deadly strain of avian influenza has breached the world's most remote continent. Scientists say it's only a matter of time before it reaches Australia.
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Messing with Merton: The intersection between open science practices and Mertonian valueswww.tandfonline.com Although adherence to Mertonian values of science (i.e., communism, universalism, organized skepticism, disinterestedness) is desired and promoted in academia, such adherence can cause friction wit...
Norway university committee recommends probe into the country’s most productive researcherretractionwatch.com Filippo Berto, by ONOLO – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 In 2019, Filippo Berto was hailed as Norway’s most productive researcher, publishing a new study on average every two to three days. Fiv…
Pragmatism and Philosophy of Science: Fall 2024 Conferencewww.rotman.uwo.ca CALL FOR PAPERS
Conference Theme:
Pragmatism, with its focus on the human dimension of inquiry, offers a compelling lens through which to explore the nature, scope, and limits of scientific know...